REFLECTOR: Damper

[Robert Wood]

I have had quite a bit of trouble with shimmy on my XL FG. Have ruined two nose gear wheel  pants.  It happens on landing, not on taxi.

I now pay compulsive attention to the nose gear tightness.  Almost  part of my normal preflight. If it steers too easily while taxiing I get worried!! I have taxied back and tightened it before takeoff.

Does the new damper use the same gear leg?

Bob Wood
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On Aug 27, 2011, at 9:03 AM, "VelocityXLFG" <velocityxl at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Looks great... I toyed with a Rotation dampener  several months back but gave up on the though because
> I have not heard of this being a problem with my Xl FG. It seems most of the issue is with rg models
> which have a much different fork then mine.  I have done 6 hr of high speed taxi  testing and  have not  had
> an sign of a shimmy .Am I wrong on this thought, have there been issues with
> the xl fg having shimmy problems.
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> Ron
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> We are ready to start sending out Damper units for FG models, RG to follow.  If you are interested in ordering one send me an email for more details.  If you were by the booth at Oshkosh you may have seen what I am talking about.  Estimated cost is $500 for the system.  This can vary with how many people I have that want them as I have to order the damper systems and the price is driven by quantity.
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